Elasticity is a fundamental property in cloud computing that has recently witnessed major
developments. This article reviews both classical and recent elasticity solutions and …

Recent demands for storing and querying big data have revealed various shortcomings of
traditional relational database systems. This, in turn, has led to the emergence of a new kind …

Cloud computing is now a well-consolidated paradigm for on-demand services provisioning
on a pay-as-you-go model. Elasticity, one of the major benefits required for this computing …

Cloud-native applications constitute a recent trend for designing large-scale software
systems. However, even though several cloud-native tools and patterns have emerged to …

Context: In cloud computing, there is a multitude of definitions and metrics for scalability,
elasticity, and efficiency. However, stakeholders have little guidance for choosing fitting …

Context: Cloud computing is a new computing technology that provides services to
consumers and businesses. Due to the increasing use of these services, the quality of …

Cloud elasticity provides a software system with the ability to maintain optimal user
experience by automatically acquiring and releasing resources, while paying only for what …

Given the continually increasing amount of commercial Cloud services in the market,
evaluation of different services plays a significant role in cost-benefit analysis or decision …

The first hurdle for carrying out research on cloud computing is the development of a
suitable research platform. While cloud computing is primarily commercially-driven and …

Performance and scalability testing and measurements of cloud-based software services are
necessary for future optimizations and growth of cloud computing. Scalability, elasticity, and …